⁸ How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?^(A)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?^(B)
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,
    from the heights I view them.^(C)
I see a people who live apart
    and do not consider themselves one of the nations.^(D)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob^(E)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,^(F)
    and may my final end be like theirs!^(G)”

⁷ Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;^(A)
    their kingdom will be exalted.^(B)

⁸ “God brought them out of Egypt;
    they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
    and break their bones in pieces;^(C)
    with their arrows they pierce them.^(D)
9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(E)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed^(F)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”^(G)

²² yet you Kenites will be destroyed
    when Ashur^(A) takes you captive.”

“Alas! Who can live when God does this?^[a]
24     Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;^(B)
they will subdue Ashur^(C) and Eber,^(D)
    but they too will come to ruin.^(E)”